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Original Articles

The Intrinsic Spirituality Scale

A New Six-Item Instrument for Assessing the Salience of Spirituality as a Motivational Construct

Pages 41-61 | Received 01 Feb 2002, Accepted 01 Nov 2002, Published online: 23 Sep 2008

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